Ewald

Where Ewald comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Ewald.

Ewald through the years
  1. 1700
    Ewald Georg von Kleist born
    German physicist and bishop
  2. 1834
    Ewald Hering born
    German physiologist
  3. 1884
    First appearance
    #764 among boys with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1902
    Peak, #744
    10 babies named Ewald, its best rank.
  5. 1903
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Ewald Hering · German physiologist, 1834–1918
  • Ewald Georg von Kleist · German physicist and bishop, 1700–1748
  • Ewald Christian von Kleist · German poet and noble, 1715–1759
  • Ewald André Dupont · film director, 1891–1956
  • Ewald Lienen · German association football player and manager, born 1953

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.